oooo I feel awful, committing myself to a blog then not updating it often enough. Anyway, to get you back up to speed, at the end of last month we took Junior, Rosita and Dante to Papa Johns (American Pizza chain) to celebrate their birthdays. Its always a joy to take the kids out of the orphanage as they don't often get that opportunity. After pizza we went to a games arcade, similar to Timezone, but with more ride-on rides and an indoor play gym thing as well. Oh and bumper cars. The highlight of the trip was watching Rosita on the rides which Bryson, instead of putting a token in it, decided would be just as much fun if he just shook the ride himself; "Look she loves it! And we saved a token!". Don't worry, Rosita got some real rides after Steph and I had had a good laugh about it.
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I managed to get out of Trujillo for a mini-break to Huaraz. The whole area is really beautiful; lots of mountains and incredible landscape. Its pretty high up and it was my first experience of being at high altitude, so imagine my surprise when climbing a set of stairs got me puffing. After a day of acclimatizing I went on a 5hr hike/walk to Lake Churrup. It was a very very slow and tiring walk. My great achievement was getting to the lake before the two old German ladies, who had a 15min head start. They beat us on the way down though.
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September was also bible month in Peru. The kids, staff and volunteers all had to put together skits and throughout the month and then they were all presented at a special assembly in the Capilla last week.
The Chispas (sparks), little girls house, did Daniel and the lions den. Sofia, dressed it gray, was the stone that covered the den that Daniel was put in with the lions. She created that part for herself because she didn't want to be a lion and I've never seen a happier stone in my life haha.
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| Rosita (crying), Brigitte, Camila, Christina Grande (behind Sofia), Sofia, Oriana y Christina Pequeña |
Tesoros (treasures), the little boys house, did a skit about...umm ok I was a little distracted because they were wearing bow ties. I think it was about the sanctity of Gods word and treating the bible with respect? They sang "Jesus loves me this I know" at the end in Spanish then English. It was like being hit in the face repeatedly by a fluffy bunny stuffed with adorable and cute.
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| Pedro, Jorge y Pablo (Pedro's twin) |
Luces (lights), the older girls house did a skit about a tourist trying to find something valuable and all the locals were trying to help her find it. In the end someone finally pointed out that all the treasures in the world are incomparable to what God has in store for us, so she ought to be seeking out God. I could be wrong about this one - its what I could stitch together based on my interpretation of Spanish and short attention span, which are equally poor.
The Amigos (friends), older boys house did David and Goliath. The star of the show was Abel dressed as a soldier, he had the most convincing menacing face.
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| Abel |
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Boredom got the better of us on Monday night. We played Ludo, which I lost (I had the game in the bag until at the critical moment I lost a player and then the whole game gaaaa) and Spoons. Both games I had never played before but I faired pretty well in Spoons, until the last round. In the last round people could grab as many spoons as they could, which explains how 3 of us lost. Our dare was to walk around the laundry rooms with only two feet touching the ground - so considering there was six feet amongst the three of us we had to get creative. Of all the photos that were taken, I this was the only one with a half decent angle. And yes I drew the short draw.
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Exciting things happening this month! The 10year anniversary of the orphanage is coming up soon! This means partying, celebrating, entertaining and fundraising. Thats all for now. I have to go find athletic tape for my knees. No luck so far and I looked in at least five pharmacies.
